Times change...people shouldn't, chapter 29
"So how bad is the hangover?" Brooke asked the next morning, as she slipped her arms around his waist and rested her head on his back while Joey hunched over the counter top in pain.
"Horrible. Why aren't you as bad as me?" he moaned.
"Because I didn't get completely shitfaced." she murmured, digging her face into his soft cotton shirt wit her tired eyes "but Kali was screaming all night so I am the world's most burnt teenage mother."
"Sorry I couldn't help you babe, my head was in a toilet." he chuckled, pushing himself off the counter and deciding to shuffle over to his couch to collapse in the living room.
Brooke shrugged "it's ok." she said as she laid down on top of him, closing her eyes as he draped his arms around her, holding her close.
"Now I wish I didn't feel like shit." Joey said to her with his smile, referring to the compromising position they were in.
"Even if you didn't feel like shit, I'm still tired so you lose either way." Brooke teased with her eyes still closed and her arms linked tightly and securely around him.
Joey giggled as he too closed his eyes just enjoying the peace of the house with his girlfriend.
He slowly rubbed her back and felt her relax into him
"Ya know my dad called today from the office and wanted to know what we were gunna do about Jimmy." he said cautiously, knowing that Brooke didn't like bringing the topic up.
"Well what did you tell him?" she said shifting her weight.
"I told him I would talk to you and see what you wanted to do since you were the one that was... Um... Violated" Joey said, picking his words carefully.
Brooke sighed "just tell him to forget about the whole thing" she finally said after thinking for a few minutes.
"Baby, your just going to forget how he raped you?!" Joey exclaimed, sitting up suddenly.
"Yes! I'm starting new. We have a baby now, my mother is finally leaving me alone, I'm with you, we are graduating soon, and I don't want anything messing that up. We came so far Joe, lets not revisit the past ok?" she begged.
Confused, Joey cocked his eyebrow and looked down at his girlfriend. "Whatever makes you feel better" he shrugged.
"Thank you." she said kissing him softly and quietly falling asleep in his chest.
***
"What a good girl!" Brooke said smiling as her now 3 month old baby held her head up on her own and sat on the couch laughing happily as her mother showered her in kisses.
"Your mommy needs some meds." Joey said sneaking behind the two as he scooped up Kali in his arms, and held her above him.
She kicked her little legs happily and squealed in the air as she looked down at her father making funny faces at her.
"Joey be careful!" Brooke scolded as she got up to answer the now ringing phone.
"Hello?" she said
"Hey Brooke it's Josh."
"Hey what's up? She asked friendly.
Over the past 2 months the two have been hanging out and became very close friends, Joey didn't care much because they didn't really get carried away and Josh was a good friend of his.
"Not much, hey listen my parents went out of town for the weekend and I wanted to know if you, Joey and the baby wanted to come over and hang around for bit."
Brooke thought for minute, making sure she had nothing else that needed to be done.
"Sure, what time?"
"7?" he asked
"Sounds good. I'll see you then" she said before hanging up walking over to tell Joey.
"Hey baby, that was Josh. He wanted to know if all of us wanted to go hang out there tonight."
Joey placed Kali into her Boppy seat and turned on the tv for her while he stepped out to talk to Brooke.
"I can't hun, I have to study for my math final. You go... I'll stay here with Kali." he offered, uncapping a bottle of water from the fridge.
"You sure?" Brooke asked, taking a swig and handing it back to him.
"Positive. Go have fun, we are graduating in like 2 weeks. I trust you." Joey said kissing her forehead, and turning back into the living with Kali.
Brooke bit her lip at his last words 'I trust you'. She wished he hadn't said that knowing her past and vulnerability once she had a few drinks in her.
"I just won't drink tonight and everything will be fine" she said to herself, but then she was wishing she hadn't just said that either.
***
"Hey Brooke, where's the baby and Joe?" Josh said closing the door behind her as she stepped into his house.
"He had to study so he is at home tonight." Brooke said tossing her oversized bag onto the couch and adjusting her shirt.
Josh nodded as he led her into the house where more of his friends resided.
"Brooke I want you to meet some more of my friends, this is Kate, Sean and Pat. Guys this is Brooke" he said, making introductions.
"Hello." Brooke said waving to them all.
They were all your classic punk kids.
Kate had bright blue hair, brown eyes and her nose was pierced, Sean had short, spiked blonde hair and deep blue eyes, and Pat had a huge green mohawk, green eyes, and a childish grin plastered on his face.
"Why don't you take a seat pretty lady." Pat offered, pulling out the chair between him and Josh. "The fun was just about to begin" he said pulling out a bag of joints and tossing it onto the table.
"Pat!" Josh said wide eyed "she doesn't do that." he added, pointing to Brooke, who chuckled.
"What you think I'm a saint now?" Brooke laughed.
"Well you're a mother." Josh said in a shocked tone "I didn't think you would be into this."
"I may have a baby but right now she isn't here and I'm 17. I can still have fun." Brooke said taking the bag off the table and pulling out a joint. "Now who has a lighter." she said coyly, balancing it between her middle and index finger.
"I like this one Joshy." Kate said reaching over, and lighting her up before repeating the action on herself.
"Here's to a memorable night." Brooke said raising the burning joint in the air as the thick smoke danced off it slowly before she brought it back down and inhaled deeply.
***
"I can believe we are gunna go to college" Brooke said to Josh who laid next to her on the ground in his back yard, just as burnt as she was.
"I know it's like so weird" he muttered.
"I had fun tonight Josh, I haven't had this much fun since... Ever." she giggled with her red eyes, slightly drooping.
"Me too." he smiled as Brooke shivered as the wind came along.
"Wanna go inside?" he offered, hazily sitting up.
Brooke nodded, as she barely made it to the door without falling and walked back inside.
"What are you guys doing?" she asked curiously as she fell into a chair next to Sean at the kitchen table.
Kate looked up at her and grinned "coke lines."
"Coke lines?" Josh said looking down at Kate as she dusted some of the white power off her nose and her eyes widened.
"Want some?" Sean offered, drawing one for Brooke as she watched on.
"Umm... I'm not sure." Brooke said confused as she scratched her head, looking from person to person trying with all her might to must up something to say but the pot had taken its effect on her.
"Come on cutie, just one" Pat said moving it closer to her.
Brooke looked up just in time to see Josh finishing one and then looked down at the white line in front of her.
Her green eyes moved around rapidly thinking, before she cautiously lowered her head and snorted with all her might.
She coughed harshly and gagged moving back and shaking her head.
"You ok?" Sean said looking to her. "You still have some more to finish." he added, pointing to the unfinished line.
Brooke nodded, re-lowering her body and finishing it all up.
Immediately, she moved back from the table, feeling different. She grasped onto the table as the room started to spin rapidly.
"What's... Happening?" she said, she struggled for air.
Her heart beat rapidly inside of her and she could feel her blood pumping at a dangerous pace in her body.
"Josh help me!" she screamed, pulling at her hair as she stood up and began to flip out.
"Woah dude what is she doing?" Pat said looking up as Brooke's body was shaking and she was pulling and ripping away at her own body in the middle of the room.
"JOSH!" she screamed, in a blood curtailing manor "MAKE IT STOP!"
Suddenly, she halted all her movements and breathed heavily like never before. She swallowed hard and froze.
Without warning her eyes rolled into the back of her head and she collapsed on the floor.
"Josh do something!" Kate screamed out, scared of what would happen to her as she pushed all the coke away from her.
"I don't know what to do!" he yelled out, panicking.
"Call 911!" she yelled.
Frightened like never before, Josh lifted a trembling hand and called an ambulance.
Pat cleared all the traces of drugs as best he should before the ambulance arrived, while Sean and Josh moved Brooke's barely breathing body onto the couch and waited as the sirens became louder and louder.
"Horrible. Why aren't you as bad as me?" he moaned.
"Because I didn't get completely shitfaced." she murmured, digging her face into his soft cotton shirt wit her tired eyes "but Kali was screaming all night so I am the world's most burnt teenage mother."
"Sorry I couldn't help you babe, my head was in a toilet." he chuckled, pushing himself off the counter and deciding to shuffle over to his couch to collapse in the living room.
Brooke shrugged "it's ok." she said as she laid down on top of him, closing her eyes as he draped his arms around her, holding her close.
"Now I wish I didn't feel like shit." Joey said to her with his smile, referring to the compromising position they were in.
"Even if you didn't feel like shit, I'm still tired so you lose either way." Brooke teased with her eyes still closed and her arms linked tightly and securely around him.
Joey giggled as he too closed his eyes just enjoying the peace of the house with his girlfriend.
He slowly rubbed her back and felt her relax into him
"Ya know my dad called today from the office and wanted to know what we were gunna do about Jimmy." he said cautiously, knowing that Brooke didn't like bringing the topic up.
"Well what did you tell him?" she said shifting her weight.
"I told him I would talk to you and see what you wanted to do since you were the one that was... Um... Violated" Joey said, picking his words carefully.
Brooke sighed "just tell him to forget about the whole thing" she finally said after thinking for a few minutes.
"Baby, your just going to forget how he raped you?!" Joey exclaimed, sitting up suddenly.
"Yes! I'm starting new. We have a baby now, my mother is finally leaving me alone, I'm with you, we are graduating soon, and I don't want anything messing that up. We came so far Joe, lets not revisit the past ok?" she begged.
Confused, Joey cocked his eyebrow and looked down at his girlfriend. "Whatever makes you feel better" he shrugged.
"Thank you." she said kissing him softly and quietly falling asleep in his chest.
***
"What a good girl!" Brooke said smiling as her now 3 month old baby held her head up on her own and sat on the couch laughing happily as her mother showered her in kisses.
"Your mommy needs some meds." Joey said sneaking behind the two as he scooped up Kali in his arms, and held her above him.
She kicked her little legs happily and squealed in the air as she looked down at her father making funny faces at her.
"Joey be careful!" Brooke scolded as she got up to answer the now ringing phone.
"Hello?" she said
"Hey Brooke it's Josh."
"Hey what's up? She asked friendly.
Over the past 2 months the two have been hanging out and became very close friends, Joey didn't care much because they didn't really get carried away and Josh was a good friend of his.
"Not much, hey listen my parents went out of town for the weekend and I wanted to know if you, Joey and the baby wanted to come over and hang around for bit."
Brooke thought for minute, making sure she had nothing else that needed to be done.
"Sure, what time?"
"7?" he asked
"Sounds good. I'll see you then" she said before hanging up walking over to tell Joey.
"Hey baby, that was Josh. He wanted to know if all of us wanted to go hang out there tonight."
Joey placed Kali into her Boppy seat and turned on the tv for her while he stepped out to talk to Brooke.
"I can't hun, I have to study for my math final. You go... I'll stay here with Kali." he offered, uncapping a bottle of water from the fridge.
"You sure?" Brooke asked, taking a swig and handing it back to him.
"Positive. Go have fun, we are graduating in like 2 weeks. I trust you." Joey said kissing her forehead, and turning back into the living with Kali.
Brooke bit her lip at his last words 'I trust you'. She wished he hadn't said that knowing her past and vulnerability once she had a few drinks in her.
"I just won't drink tonight and everything will be fine" she said to herself, but then she was wishing she hadn't just said that either.
***
"Hey Brooke, where's the baby and Joe?" Josh said closing the door behind her as she stepped into his house.
"He had to study so he is at home tonight." Brooke said tossing her oversized bag onto the couch and adjusting her shirt.
Josh nodded as he led her into the house where more of his friends resided.
"Brooke I want you to meet some more of my friends, this is Kate, Sean and Pat. Guys this is Brooke" he said, making introductions.
"Hello." Brooke said waving to them all.
They were all your classic punk kids.
Kate had bright blue hair, brown eyes and her nose was pierced, Sean had short, spiked blonde hair and deep blue eyes, and Pat had a huge green mohawk, green eyes, and a childish grin plastered on his face.
"Why don't you take a seat pretty lady." Pat offered, pulling out the chair between him and Josh. "The fun was just about to begin" he said pulling out a bag of joints and tossing it onto the table.
"Pat!" Josh said wide eyed "she doesn't do that." he added, pointing to Brooke, who chuckled.
"What you think I'm a saint now?" Brooke laughed.
"Well you're a mother." Josh said in a shocked tone "I didn't think you would be into this."
"I may have a baby but right now she isn't here and I'm 17. I can still have fun." Brooke said taking the bag off the table and pulling out a joint. "Now who has a lighter." she said coyly, balancing it between her middle and index finger.
"I like this one Joshy." Kate said reaching over, and lighting her up before repeating the action on herself.
"Here's to a memorable night." Brooke said raising the burning joint in the air as the thick smoke danced off it slowly before she brought it back down and inhaled deeply.
***
"I can believe we are gunna go to college" Brooke said to Josh who laid next to her on the ground in his back yard, just as burnt as she was.
"I know it's like so weird" he muttered.
"I had fun tonight Josh, I haven't had this much fun since... Ever." she giggled with her red eyes, slightly drooping.
"Me too." he smiled as Brooke shivered as the wind came along.
"Wanna go inside?" he offered, hazily sitting up.
Brooke nodded, as she barely made it to the door without falling and walked back inside.
"What are you guys doing?" she asked curiously as she fell into a chair next to Sean at the kitchen table.
Kate looked up at her and grinned "coke lines."
"Coke lines?" Josh said looking down at Kate as she dusted some of the white power off her nose and her eyes widened.
"Want some?" Sean offered, drawing one for Brooke as she watched on.
"Umm... I'm not sure." Brooke said confused as she scratched her head, looking from person to person trying with all her might to must up something to say but the pot had taken its effect on her.
"Come on cutie, just one" Pat said moving it closer to her.
Brooke looked up just in time to see Josh finishing one and then looked down at the white line in front of her.
Her green eyes moved around rapidly thinking, before she cautiously lowered her head and snorted with all her might.
She coughed harshly and gagged moving back and shaking her head.
"You ok?" Sean said looking to her. "You still have some more to finish." he added, pointing to the unfinished line.
Brooke nodded, re-lowering her body and finishing it all up.
Immediately, she moved back from the table, feeling different. She grasped onto the table as the room started to spin rapidly.
"What's... Happening?" she said, she struggled for air.
Her heart beat rapidly inside of her and she could feel her blood pumping at a dangerous pace in her body.
"Josh help me!" she screamed, pulling at her hair as she stood up and began to flip out.
"Woah dude what is she doing?" Pat said looking up as Brooke's body was shaking and she was pulling and ripping away at her own body in the middle of the room.
"JOSH!" she screamed, in a blood curtailing manor "MAKE IT STOP!"
Suddenly, she halted all her movements and breathed heavily like never before. She swallowed hard and froze.
Without warning her eyes rolled into the back of her head and she collapsed on the floor.
"Josh do something!" Kate screamed out, scared of what would happen to her as she pushed all the coke away from her.
"I don't know what to do!" he yelled out, panicking.
"Call 911!" she yelled.
Frightened like never before, Josh lifted a trembling hand and called an ambulance.
Pat cleared all the traces of drugs as best he should before the ambulance arrived, while Sean and Josh moved Brooke's barely breathing body onto the couch and waited as the sirens became louder and louder.
